RealGM

Here is my Boston rebuild all summed up with trades with Toronto, Chicago, Cleveland, Houston and Portland:

Players out: Brandon Bass (Portland), Jeff Green (Chicago), Jameer Nelson (Houston), Phil Pressey (Portland), Marcus Thornton (Toronto), Evan Turner (Chicago), Brandan Wright (Cleveland)

Players in: Chuck Hayes, Joe Harris, C.J. McCollum, Doug McDermott, Thomas Robinson, Alexey Shved, Tony Snell and some protected picks

Post trade depth chart for Boston:

PG - Smart/McCollum/Shved
SG - Bradley/Harris/Snell
SF - McDermott/Crowder/Young/Wallace
PF - Sullinger/Olynyk
C - Zeller/Robinson/Hayes

This is my dream rebuild, minus bringing in established talented vets immediately. This team is extremely young, but talented. They save money this year, and long term the Cap stays clean. That is a must in a rebuild for me. Wallace immediately becomes the only bad contract and he would start the offseason as a big expiring deal. This also brings in talent that could be traded for established pieces when ready.

As far as on the floor, this would add shooting with McDermott and Harris. Young would also get a chance to get minutes, which is something Celtic fans are starting to clamor for. If Robinson shows anything, he could be a part of the future, along with Zeller, Sullinger and Olynyk. Most of all, I think this team could run the floor and be fun to watch. And at least there would be some hope.

Toronto needs a big more then another guard we have Lowry, Williams, Ross DeRozan, Vasquez and Fields all at the 1 and 2. There is no room for Throrton

This isn't a "rebuild" this is treading water. Taking Green out of our starting lineup and adding McDermott doesn't move the needle. Unless we are also getting NUMEROUS 1st round picks in these trades... this is pointless. Not that any of your ideas are "bad" on their own... they just don't add up to ANYTHING. We would still be THREE All-Stars short of contending... just like we are now.

GreenMachine wrote: Taking Green out of our starting lineup and adding McDermott doesn't move the needle.

We have different versions of 'moving the needle.' I'd get on the ale for weeks if we got McD for Green.